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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

245 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SAUK AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES

UNTIL 530 AM CDT...



AT 237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN SAUK AND 

WESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED FLOODING 

ALONG HIGHWAY 12 IN WISCONSIN DELLS AND LAKE DELTON. WATER WAS UP TO 

THE BUMPERS OF SOME VEHICLES. 



AN ADDTIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE WISCONSIN 

DELLS AND LAKE DELTON AREA. SOME OTHER CITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED 

INCLUDE...ROCK SPRINGS...REEDSBURG...NORTH FREEDOM...MERRIMAC...

LOGANVILLE...LAKE WISCONSIN...LA VALLE...IRONTON...BARABOO AND 

ARLINGTON.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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